Sena Jurinac (Butterfly), soprano ; Ermanno Lorenzi (Pinkerton), tenor ; Kostas Paskalis (Sharpless), baritone ; Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Suzuki), alto ; various other vocal soloists ; Chorus and Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera ; Berislav Klobučar, conductor
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.
Recorded live at the Wiener Staatsoper, March 25 1961.
Sung in Italian.
Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini ; Giuseppe Giacosa (Peter Klein, tenor ; Sena Jurinac, soprano ; Hilde Rossel-Majdan, mezzo-soprano ; Harald Proglhof, baritone ; Kostas Paskalis, baritone ; Alois Pernerstorfer, baritone ; Gundula Janowitz, soprano ; Ermanno Lorenzi, tenor ; Fritz Sperlbauer, tenor ; Berislav Klobucar, conductor ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Vienna State Opera Chorus)